"More-ish" (Was: The Beauforts Was: reverse dictionary )

[Geoff Bannister]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Carol" <justcarol67 at ...> wrote:
>
> Geoff:
> > Personally, having been brought up as a Northerner before being 
> brainwashed when I later went to school in London, I like black 
> pudding. It used to be very much a Northern 'thing' but nowadays 
> often appears all over the country as part of that menu curiosity, 
> the all-day breakfast.
> > 
> > I was however, suggesting it as a punishment, with the Eccles cake 
> to take away the taste and lessen the severity...... kind and
> compassionate person that I am. Also modest.
> > :-))

Carol:
> A punishment for favoring York over Lancaster in the Wars of the
> Roses? :-p!!

Geoff:
Oh. most definitely.

Carol:
> At the very worst, make me eat *Yorkshire* pudding (which doesn't
> sound too bad; my mother used to fry eggs and American-style pancakes
> in bacon grease before she became health conscious). If you want to
> punish me appropriately, surround me with yipping Yorkshire terriers.
> 
> Never mind. I'd rather eat black pudding. Heck, I'd rather eat tripe,
> and that's saying a lot.

Geoff:
In passing, tripe's a Northern delicacy which it's hard to get hold of in the 
South.

Interestingly, Yorkshire pudding and black pudding are both unusual in that 
they are not puddings in the normal British sense which describes a savoury 
or dessert to follow the main meal, also sometimes known as 'afters'.

For those who are uncivilised enough <g> not to know of the delights of 
Yorkshire pudding, it is basically a round 'cake' of almost plain batter (in 
the pancake sense, not the fried fish type). In Yorkshire itself, it is 
traditionally served on its own as a starter with gravy but most Brits will 
have it with roast beef and vegetables.

Very more-ish....